Chapter 339: Together and Seen by the Child

So he only spoke to Shi Ran: "I'm sorry, Ranran. Tomorrow, tomorrow I will definitely let you sleep in, okay? Uncle promises. Whoever breaks their word is a puppy; let's pinky swear."

Sheng Hanyu was worried that Wang Bingbing would come looking for them again, so he prepared to leave early; the original plan had been to depart in the afternoon.

So, big hand held small hand: "Pinky swear, a hundred years no changing, whoever changes is a puppy!"

After the pinky swear, the little one was happy, and her interest was quickly diverted to the sumptuous breakfast.

"Wow—"

The little girl was attracted by a Xiaozhu bun shaped like a pig's head, looking endearingly naive, and she held it in her hand, unable to bear eating it.

Supermarkets also sell these kinds of buns, but they aren't kneaded to be this cute.

"Uncle, can we pack a few to take home? They're so cute."

Shi Youxuan interjected: "They don't allow food on the plane. Eat it quickly; it won't taste good once it gets cold."

Sheng Hanyu: "We aren't taking a plane, and we aren't going home."

"If we aren't going home, where are we going?"

Before this, Sheng Hanyu had never said they were going anywhere else besides Disney.

"You'll know when we get there. In any case, I won't let you down." He still kept her in suspense.

Shi Youxuan didn't want to go: "I'm not going. Let's just go home; there are still many things to do."

Jian Yixin is getting married next month, and there are a thousand and one things to attend to.

After the two of them opened up to each other that night, their relationship had progressed by leaps and bounds.

Originally, Shi Youxuan only wanted to attend her wedding, but she ended up being conscripted by Jian Yixin, and many tasks for the wedding were handed over to her.

She had already promised, and needed to go back early to prepare.

But Shi Ran disagreed.

The little one threw herself into her arms, pestering her, and even brought up what her mother had once promised her—to take her traveling everywhere.

Now that they were already out, she couldn't go back on her word, and Sheng Hanyu said from the side: "Only two days. After two days we will go back, you definitely won't be disappointed..."

The father and daughter didn't need to plan; they coordinated seamlessly, and Shi Youxuan could only surrender.

Leaving the hotel, a Range Rover was parked outside.

The person in the car got out, handed the keys to Sheng Hanyu, and then rode away on an electric scooter.

"Uncle, who was that person just now?"

"From the car rental company. We're driving there."

Since they were driving, it meant the place wasn't far. Shi Youxuan got in and sat in the back seat; the front passenger seat had already been occupied by Shi Ran.

Along the way, the little girl chattered incessantly, asking question after question.

Sheng Hanyu patiently answered them one by one, while she sat in the back admiring the scenery along the road... the more she looked, the more familiar it seemed, the more endearing it felt.

"Are we going to the small town?" Shi Youxuan suddenly shouted, giving the little girl in the front a fright.

Sheng Hanyu said: "That's right. Aunt's courtyard is still the same as it was; nothing has changed at all."

The three arrived at the small town, and it was indeed so.

Aunt had now returned to Jiangzhou, but the courtyard was still the same as it had been six years ago; even the grape variety on the trellis hadn't changed, and next to the grapes were still the pumpkins blooming with golden flowers.

The courtyard was clean and tidy; someone must be living there and cleaning it diligently.

All the arrangements remained unchanged, still the same layout; time seemed to have stood still here, instantly evoking the beautiful memories the two once shared.

Shi Youxuan walked through every room to look around; the room she had once lived in still had the original furnishings, even the bedsheets on the bed and the cup on the nightstand hadn't changed... something was wrong!

It must be Sheng Hanyu playing tricks.

Sheng Hanyu followed behind her, still feeling proud and self-satisfied.

That's right, these were indeed all arranged by him!

Caught off guard, Shi Youxuan turned around, leading Shi Ran, and was about to leave: "Let's go, we'll go stay somewhere else, we aren't staying here."

"Why?"

"Why?"

The father and daughter spoke in unison.

Shi Ran felt it was very nice here; she quite liked it and didn't really want to change places.

Sheng Hanyu felt he hadn't done anything wrong and couldn't understand why she would suddenly flip out.

Shi Youxuan told the little girl to go play outside by herself for a while, then started getting angry at him: "Sheng Hanyu, do you think I'm stupid, huh?"

"If you're going to fool people, can you at least bring some technical skill to it? It's one thing if other things didn't change, but this is a homestay, an inn—the bedsheets and cups are exactly the same as before; do you take me for a three-year-old?"

"Hehe, I was wrong, I apologize." This man had a particularly good attitude now—admitting his mistakes and correcting them, only to commit them again.

Shi Youxuan held out her hand: "Hand over your phone."

"What are you doing?" He subconsciously covered the pocket where he kept his phone.

"Give it here!" She reached out to grab it.

Did Sheng Hanyu really think her memory was that bad?

A while ago, when she deleted the photos on his phone, she had seen photos of this place; she had deleted them all at the time, but who knew if he had backed them up... he definitely did!

"The phone is my personal item; Ms. Shi, doing this isn't very good." The more Sheng Hanyu dodged, the more Shi Youxuan wanted to see.

The more she couldn't grab it, the more she felt there was something fishy inside; she had to get the phone to take a look.

One grabbing, one snatching.

Her hand finally reached into his pants pocket and touched... not just the phone!

Shi Youxuan hurriedly pulled her hand back, her face blushing.

He hadn't expected this to happen either, but... it felt quite good.

He handed the phone to her: "Here, take a look."

"No." She turned away in a huff.

Sheng Hanyu also turned away: "Are you angry?"

"No."

She refused to admit it: "I'm not angry."

"If you're not angry, why is your face red?"

Shi Youxuan:...

She was certain this man was absolutely doing it on purpose.

It was too much.

Shi Youxuan covered up: "Who's blushing? I'm not... My face is red because it's hot, yes, it's just too hot, I'm going out to get some air."

She turned to walk out, but suddenly bumped into a broad, thick embrace; the man said in her ear: "Xuanxuan, let me hold you for a while, just for a little while."

This woman had no idea how adorable she looked just now.

Sheng Hanyu knew he shouldn't be too impatient right now, but he simply couldn't control himself.

He couldn't help but pull her into his arms.

Just holding her like this was enough; doing nothing, just quietly holding her was enough, and he felt so happy that he wouldn't trade it even if the whole world were offered in exchange.

Shi Youxuan didn't push him away either; her brain instantly crashed, she couldn't think of anything, and all she could hear was his strong, powerful heartbeat.

"Ah, what are you two doing?" Shi Ran appeared at a very inopportune time; the little girl tilted her head and looked at the two of them, very unhappy.

The two of them separated immediately.

Shi Youxuan covered up: "We weren't doing anything, Uncle felt dizzy just now, so I was helping him."

Sheng Hanyu hurriedly chimed in: "Yes, yes, I felt dizzy just now, and your mother was helping me."

"Hmph!"

The little girl turned her head and went out.

Shi Youxuan hurriedly chased after her; fortunately, she hadn't gone far, but was sitting on the threshold of the front door, looking sullen.

"Ranran, what's wrong?" Shi Youxuan sat down beside her.

She hadn't expected her daughter to be so deeply resistant to seeing the two of them hugging.

Didn't her daughter like Sheng Hanyu very much?

She had even changed her address to 'Dad' at one point; she thought that because father and daughter were connected at heart, Shi Ran would easily accept him.

But now it seemed she had oversimplified the problem.

"Mommy, I want to go back." The little one suddenly mentioned returning to L Country again.